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European Wilderness Society 

Celebrate the World Wildlife Day with us!

March 3, 2021March 3, 20212 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 318 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future 3 min read

Today, on 3rd of March, together with the CITES Secretariat and United Nations (UN), we celebrate World Wildlife Day! 3rd

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European Wilderness Society 

Webinar: Forest Management in the Carpathians

February 22, 2021February 19, 20212 months ago Julia Ramsauer 249 Views 0 Comments climate change, forest future, slovakia 1 min read

Have you ever wondered about how forestry practices in the Carpathians evolved over time? Or how historic unsustainable practices have

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WILDForest 

Have your say about the new EU Forest Strategy

January 29, 20213 months ago Nick Huisman 807 Views 0 Comments forest future, WILDForests 1 min read

The European Commission has opened a public consultation about the new EU Forest Strategy. The consultation is open from January

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Wilderness Policy 

International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy

November 24, 2020November 24, 20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 587 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 min read

We are taking part in an International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy on 24th November and need your

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Wilderness Policy 

Help stop the destruction of forests for biomass

October 6, 2020October 5, 20206 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 928 Views 1 Comment Biodiversity, Europe, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 min read

Currently, EU policy indicates that burning wood is “zero carbon” and “renewable energy”. However, this approach is only true if

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European Wilderness Society 

Private efforts to protect ancient forests in Lithuania

September 14, 2020September 13, 20207 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 653 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Logging 4 min read

Following public dissatisfaction with increased forest logging in Lithuania, a team of scientists, conservationists, lawyers, artists and nature lovers united

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Wilderness 

The climate crisis dries out Europe

August 10, 2020August 8, 20208 months ago Jonas Sommer 1032 Views 0 Comments climate, climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 4 min read

Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic

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Training WILDForest 

First forest webinar tomorrow

July 22, 2020July 29, 20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 986 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Tomorrow, 23rd July, our first webinar about the role of biodiversity in forests will take place. At 13.15 we start

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Training WILDForest 

Erstes Webinar zum Thema Biodiversität im Wald

July 21, 2020July 21, 20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1189 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Übermorgen, am Donnerstag den 23. Juli findet die Auftaktveranstaltung zu unserer Webinarreihe “Multperspektivischer Blick auf die Biodiversität im Wald” statt.

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European Wilderness Society Training 

German webinar series about forests

July 8, 2020September 16, 20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 956 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, fire, forest, forest future, large carnivores, webinar, Wilderness education 2 min read

Starting on 23rd July, the European Wilderness Society will host a series of German-speaking webinars shining a light on all

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European Wilderness Society Training Wilderness Policy 

Call for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities

July 1, 2020August 5, 202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1126 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, Education and Training, forest future, Natura 2000, Old growth forests 2 min read

Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Will burning forests be the new normal?

April 23, 2020April 29, 202012 months ago Jonas Sommer 1357 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, fire, forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 4 min read

The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment

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European Wilderness Society Wilderness 

Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial

April 8, 2020April 3, 20201 year ago Jonas Sommer 1383 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Wilderness, WILDForests 4 min read

As advocates of Wilderness – drastically shortened meaning non-human-intervention or self-willed land – we are often confronted with the question

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Wilderness Policy 

Percentage of European forest cover is misguiding information

February 25, 2020February 25, 20201 year ago Vlado Vancura 2330 Views 1 Comment Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 2 min read

Our planet is at the edge of ecological collapse. One of the fundamental reasons is several centuries of deforestation and

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Research 

Germany third most climate change affected country in 2018

December 19, 2019December 19, 20191 year ago 1546 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, fire, forest future 3 min read

Germanwatch, together with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Network International, published their 15th Climate Risk Index 2020 (CRI). They are

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European Wilderness Society 

The German National Forest Summit – Rescue For The Forest?

October 23, 2019October 31, 20191 year ago 1809 Views 0 Comments climate change, forest future 2 min read

In the end of September 2019 the German National Forest Summit took place in Berlin. In that summit, different stakeholders

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